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    The Frank Carrington Crime Victim Attorney Award

    This award recognizes attorneys or legal service providers (including organizations) who have either directly represented specific victims in criminal, juvenile, or appellate courts or who have worked to promote or implement policies to improve the treatment of crime victims in the criminal justice system.

    The late attorney Frank Carrington had a tremendous impact on the crime victim movement in this country.  Mr. Carrington founded and served as Executive Director of the Victims Assistance Legal Organization (VALOR) in Virginia, was a Director of the National Organization for Victims Assistance, and was a member of the California Attorney General’s Commission on Victims.  Following his service on the Attorney General’s Task Force on Violent Crime (1981), he was appointed to the President’s Task Force on Victims of Crime (1982).  From 1980-82, Mr. Carrington was Vice-Chair of the ABA Criminal Justice Section’s Victims Committee.

    Selection Criteria

    Awardees will be attorneys or legal service providers (including organizations) who have either directly represented specific victims in criminal, juvenile, or appellate courts or who have worked to promote or implement policies to improve the treatment of crime victims in the criminal justice system and meet the following criteria:

    • contributions of the nominee over the course of the nominee’s career to improve the rights of crime victims in the system.
    • contribution of outstanding legal scholarship or legal advocacy to improve the rights of crime victims in the system.
    • provision of volunteer efforts to victims or efforts beyond the normal employment obligations.
    • provision of leadership or major role in the advancement of the rights of crime victims in the system.

    Nomination Guidelines

    2024 Award Deadline – Nov. 30, 2024

    Nominations should include:

    • the CJS Awards Nomination Form.
    • a letter addressing the selection criteria listed above.
    • the nominee’s resume.
    • any other supporting documentation of the nominee’s achievements in the criminal justice field.

    Incomplete nomination packages will not be considered.  Should no qualified candidate be identified in a particular year the award will not be presented that year.

    Nominations must be emailed to [email protected]

    Recipients

    • 2008: Frank Carrington, posthumously
    • 2009: Richard D. Pompelio
    • 2010: Jay C. Howell
    • 2011: Susan Herman
    • 2012: Mary Haviland
    • 2013: Candace Mosley
    • 2014: T. Markus Funk
    • 2015: Lenore Anderson
    • 2016: Stephanie Richard
    • 2017: Heather Cartwright
    • 2018: Navy Victims’ Legal Counsel Program
    • 2019: Network for Victim Recovery of DC’s Legal Team
    • 2020: Margaret Garvin
    • 2021: Benjamin Crump
    • 2022: Seema Gajwani
    • 2023: Gerald (Jerry) Gardner